Which book to read after 7 years of not reading one ?

Hello! This is my first time visiting this subreddit. I want to get back to the habit of reading. It is not that I haven't read books for the past 7 years, just not read any with the sole aim of reading or developing that habit. I happen to have a collection of books and need to get through all of those first.

Can you please tell me which book can I start with, from the list below, to get into the habit of reading? Also, any tips on how to read stuff ? I mean it in that way because of my experience with exams, I try to just memorize anything that I read rather than maybe understand it first properly.

The list is –

1. Project Hail Mary

2. The Hunger Games

3. 1984

4. Game of Thrones (ASOIAF)

5. Sharp Objects

6. The Haunting of Hill House

7. Metamorphosis

8. The Great Gatsby

Would also love any recommendations from y'all apart from this list, any genres that I should aim at for getting back into reading.

Thank you for reading!